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• Stop the Urban Folk Myth: The IGNITION LIGHT
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 8 May 1998 05:30:50 -0600
  ...Unless you drive a diesel, and are waiting for the yellow glow plug light (non-flashing) to extinguish, the rest of you are sitting...
• Re: My poor Engine..
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sun, 21 Mar 1999 07:26:00 -0600
  ...You can attach any fuel injector to any plug. Your cat was doing its job burning the unburned excess fuel. You seem to have...
• Re: Relocating the battery to the rear of the van - ideas anyone???
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Fri, 7 Feb 2003 20:22:58 -0700
  ...larger battery and install it closer to the starter and the glow plugs, which consume all the much needed juice. Any suggestions or tips...
• FS 82 Diesel Vanagon L (have pics this time)
  Historical mailing list - john Runberg
  Sun, 23 Mar 2003 18:30:53 -0500
  ...30k on rebuilt 1.6NA engine. - PO replaced battery, glow plugs, and timing belt - current inspection + everything works The bad: - rear main seal failed...
• FS: Thule Roof Rack for A2 Jetta/ GTI (some vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Kevin and Heather
  Sat, 30 Sep 2000 20:43:39 -0600
  ...Its only taken 6 months (!) for everything to come together, all parts, new block, new oil pump, exhaust, clutch, water pump, glow plugs, etc...
• Re: FS: Westy Eberspacher heater CHEAP!
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 10 Jan 2003 09:11:26 -0600
  ...Comes > with the main heater unit (with glow plug and sensor/switch > attached), fuel pump, ducting etc. I believe a blower motor is also...
• Lighting the fridge
  Historical mailing list - Ssittservl
  Wed, 4 Mar 1998 03:47:35 EST
  ...Vaccuumed out the condensation drain (had a terrible time unscrewing the plug), all vents, and both flues (after removing ouside fittings). - Ran the fridge...
• Re: FW: Diesel No Start?
  Historical mailing list - Kevin and Heather
  Sat, 17 Jun 2000 16:14:12 -0600
  ...Starts just fine when cold and the glow plugs turn on, but once hot, cant restart unlesss I wait for a couple hours to...
• Re: How many fuel pumps does a Eberspacher BA6 Gas Heater have?
  Historical mailing list - Chibong Oh
  Wed, 6 Dec 2000 21:06:12 +0900
  ...The glow plug works and I am getting gas as far as the pump but the hose beyond it the hose is dry. The...
• Re: Help for a guy in Belgium
  Historical mailing list - Chris Bracken
  Wed, 17 Jan 2001 22:18:46 -0800
  ...I then pulled out the spark plugs, dried > them > > > off, and let the cylinders dry out. A neighbor checked the plugs when I > > > turned...
• Re: Small Vanagon parts for sale
  Historical mailing list - Jim. Felder
  Tue, 30 Jan 2018 20:19:19 +0000
  ...for diesel, with glow plug > > light > > > (1) > > > Analog clock faceplate (1) > > > Analog clock works (1) > > > Passenger door window switch with plugs (1) > > > Set of...
• Re: Power Inverter advice requested
  Historical mailing list - Will Taygan
  Fri, 11 Nov 2011 07:01:03 -0900
  ...tail light (It BARELY fits) which is used only for the glow plugs and starter. I use a second optima blue-top as the...
• Re: Starting problem
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 12 Dec 2000 09:20:37 EST
  ...This message takes for granted that you have checked that all your glow plugs are in good working order and your fuel filter and...
• Re: Diesel engine wont start
  Historical mailing list - Bj�rn Ratjen
  Fri, 7 Oct 2005 10:29:59 -0700
  ...If only little dimming (ie less than when pre-glowing the glow plugs), then the solenoid in the starter doesn't close the main...
• Re: OK- here's a good one........What is that other little LED on the instrument cluster that never lights up?
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Wed, 3 Apr 2002 00:25:14 EST
  ...light circuit, taking advantage of the freeing up of the diesel glow plug light. I always hated VW's approach to one light for...
• Re: Advice on TD engine problem
  Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
  Tue, 2 Jun 2015 15:53:19 -0400
  ...to the correct pins? One half of the sender > controls a glow plug relay, the other the gauge, IIRC. Each signal uses a > separate...
• Re: 83 diesel into 84 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Paul Archibald
  Mon, 24 Mar 2003 19:04:23 -0800
  ...really? didn't know that..good to know in advance... > > 6) Glow plug - I plan to install a dash mounted push > > button. > Sounds like...
• Re: Towing, Anyone? (long)
  Historical mailing list - John
  Sat, 18 Sep 1999 02:14:08 -0400
  ...spark plugs would allow restarting ! 2) Catalytic converter overheat and failure. Under maximum fuel pressure (perhaps 5 Bar), the cat should glow and smoke...
• Re: windshield washer fluid pump...........conundrum
  Historical mailing list - John McLean
  Mon, 14 Jan 2002 23:42:14 -0800
  ...new pump, full tank of fluid, 12 volt test lamp glows at the end of the wires when the switch is triggered. I finally...
• Re: [WetWesties] Solar panel wrap-up
  Historical mailing list - Ben McCafferty
  Fri, 3 Jan 2003 09:05:02 -0700
  ...be seeing any glowing solar panels in the campground at night. > > > so in layman's terms is it ok to plug in while running...
• tach dash wiring, color order
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 9 Jan 2003 11:52:15 -0800
  ...black oil pressure 14 blue/green OXS led (use this for glow plug led on diesels) Most of these wires are present but in...
• Re: Loss of Power and surging
  Historical mailing list - Fitz-Randolph, Douglas
  Fri, 19 Nov 1999 10:03:08 -0500
  ...Well sure enough, after new plugs, wires, etc., etc. the problem never returned! Maybe an intermittently bad plug wire was causing gas to pump...
• Re: How does coolant circuit to oil cooler work?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 8 Sep 2012 17:10:30 -0700
  ...Might you have an idea of your heater circuit glow plugs are working on your 2002 TDI ? I believe that's an ALH ....which...
• Re: Help for a guy in Belgium
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:10:09 -0500
  ...I then pulled out the spark plugs, dried them > off, and let the cylinders dry out. A neighbor checked the plugs when I > turned...
• Re: Tiico-After market water temp gauge/oil temp gauge question.......
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Thu, 29 Aug 2002 15:32:23 -0400
  ...work, too, but not a diesel Vanagon.) These vehicles put the glow plug temp sender in the same location, so they have *two* threaded...
• Re: AC Blower problem
  Historical mailing list - mdrillock
  Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:52:09 -0700
  ...For example it was used as the glow plug fuse on many VW diesels including the 82/83 Vanagons with diesel engines. It was...
• Re: Wanted: Espar/Webasto Diesel Heater
  Historical mailing list - Poppie Jagersand
  Tue, 26 May 2009 20:50:13 -0700
  ...While only the air circulation fan for my DA6 uses 5A! (Didn't measure the diesel combustion part but there's a glow plug...
• Re: Is the BA-6 still for sale?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Smith
  Wed, 30 May 2001 09:28:25 -0300
  ...Westy, identical unit, it is intact with temp sensors, combustion blower, glow plug etc. AND.... (if you call before midnite tonite) there is an...
• Re: starter
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 25 Jan 2010 07:41:17 -0600
  ...in way less than a > revolution, since I cleaned all the glow plug connections :) �It just makes > this awful noise for about half a...
• Re: gas heaters
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Holser
  Thu, 18 Jun 1998 19:33:55 -0700
  ...It uses a lot of electricity -- big blower, glow plug, two electric fuel pumps and a coil/sparkplug. If I decide to install this...
• Archive info - Tachometer installation
  Historical mailing list - David Maurio
  Sat, 6 Sep 2003 13:14:06 -0400
  ...You can splice in your tach wire and use this female terminal to go into pin 9 (it was the glow plug indicator for...
• Re: 82 Diesel Westy Problem
  Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
  Thu, 20 Aug 1998 19:36:20 -0400
  ...It's a new battery, I am > using the choke, the glow plugs are warmed.. (ed...) This maybe completely off the wall but I...
• Re: Chineses Diesel Heaters Youtube series of technical evaluation
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Fri, 17 Apr 2020 11:55:17 -0700
  ...with an externally accessible glow plug. Here is a photo of my compact 2kw version that came today. https://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery...
• Re: Tune Up Poll
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 19 Feb 2016 10:46:20 -0500
  ...plugs tend to last longer > and the fine wire types such as Bosch can help reduce detonation due > to less material to glow red...
• Re: Continuous Duty Solenoid vs Starter Solenoid; Visual Difference?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Tue, 20 Oct 2015 23:24:00 -0700
  ...For these applications there are many things that > need high current control including manifold pre-heaters and glow plugs to > get engines started to...
• Eight Function Digital Display for the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Sun, 30 Oct 2005 20:08:12 -0800
  ...is supposed to be and the addition of check engine and glow plug icons. David Marshall Fast Forward Automotive Inc. 4356 Quesnel-Hixon Road...
• Re: Continuous Duty Solenoid vs Starter Solenoid; Visual Difference?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 20 Oct 2015 23:41:29 -0400
  ...For these applications there are many things that need high current control including manifold pre-heaters and glow plugs to get engines started to...
• Re: vanagon single electrode plugs
  Historical mailing list - Shawn Wright
  Sat, 12 Jun 2004 17:29:57 -0700
  ...The next time I plan to change them is when I install glow plugs (along with a diesel engine... ;-) On 12 Jun 2004 at...
• Re: diesel injection pump timing
  Historical mailing list - Tom Miller
  Wed, 18 Aug 2004 08:56:29 -0400
  Before you jump off the deep end, make sure your glow plugs are getting power. The engine should start even with the timing off...
• Re: Toolkit
  Historical mailing list - Chris Smith
  Tue, 23 Nov 1999 08:11:55 -0600
  ...speedwrench") RoboGrips (gift from wife) digital muliti-meter continuity probe 12V glow probe wire stripper/crimper soldering iron spare tips thin razor knife w...
• Re: Relocating the battery to the rear of the van - ideas anyone???
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 3 Feb 2003 22:46:21 -0800
  ...larger battery and install it closer to the starter and the glow plugs, > which consume all the much needed juice. > > Any suggestions or tips...
• Dash electrics: something's wrong, but what?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 28 Nov 2008 19:20:00 -0600
  ...When I start the car and the glow plugs are being warmed, the second hand on the clock runs about double-speed. All the...
• Re: diesel powered heaters-is there such a thing (dieselspacher)?
  Historical mailing list - Joe L.
  Tue, 23 Jun 1998 14:44:13 -0400
  ...Espar made some, to my knowledge (available in diesel vanagons, in > > fact...just usses a glow plug instead of the spark plug...and maybe...
• LT28 Sighting / TDI Beetle Driving Impressions
  Historical mailing list - Kelly Bauman
  Mon, 5 Oct 1998 10:37:50 -0700
  ...For example, the glow plugs are activated by inserting the key in to the ignition. Very slick! There was more engine noise from the...
• diesel running after 5 year nonoperation
  Historical mailing list - Henry Jackson
  Wed, 16 May 2001 18:17:22 -0700
  ...I could not easily get the injectors or glow plugs off, so I did not add Marvel Mystery oil to the cylinders. I did...
• Re: Random Compatibility Questions
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:18:45 -0800
  ...The instrument cluster won't have a Glow Plug warning light of course .. wiring to the instrument cluster is slightly different ..but it's...
• 82 Air Cooled Questions
  Historical mailing list - Brian Walker
  Fri, 1 Nov 2002 22:36:01 -0600
  ...On my van there is a glow plug type device use to determine if the engine is overheating or not. This is kinda disconcerting...
• Re: 82 Diesel Westy Problem
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Thu, 20 Aug 1998 22:12:42 -0400
  ...It's a new battery, I am using the choke, the glow plugs are warmed.. Sounds like you have a leak in your fuel...
• Re: question about electrical inlet
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 1 Mar 2009 22:29:39 -0500
  ...that would glow when there is power to the outlets. That would confirm if I was on inverter when not plugged in, or that...
• Re: Finding women like this (was Big Valves for me?)
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Fri, 25 Apr 2003 12:39:08 -0400
  ...our van halfway across >the American Southwest last summer when the glow-plugs >died on vacation. Oh, let me never awaken from this >dream...
• Re: 82 Diesel oil pressure switch and thermal sensors
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Tue, 9 Jun 2009 16:51:46 -0700
  ...thermal sensors for the water temperature guage and (I believe) the > glow > plug temperature sensor are called out as the same part number on...
• eyebrows (among other things)
  Historical mailing list - John Dagastino
  Wed, 14 Mar 2001 21:20:08 -0800
  got some of those chrome 'eyebrows' (for the round headlights) from roy rogers while getting new spark plug wires (old ones were..uh...bad...
• Re: Common problem, I think
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Fri, 2 Mar 2007 01:14:41 -0500
  ...check all 4 plugs, cap and rotor, wires (could look for sparks or blue glow in the dark), fuel filter, and for vacuum leaks...
• tach cluster into older clock dash, wiring
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 9 Jan 2003 11:01:41 -0800
  ...You can splice in your tach wire and use this female terminal to go into pin 9 (it was the glow plug indicator for...
• Re: Fridge led glowing on its own again.
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 27 Jul 2014 17:21:52 -0400
  ...I mentioned a >couple of weeks again that my blue led on indicator panel was >starting to glow when fridge not running. This started...
• 1982 Vanagon diesel for sale in northern Virginia
  Historical mailing list - Jim Snyder
  Mon, 1 Apr 2002 13:20:58 -0500
  ...w/2 gauge cables - 900 cold cranking amps Waterpump Exhaust system Glow plugs Fuel injectors, oil filler tube and fuel lines Fuel filter and...
• Re: Relocating the battery to the rear of the van - ideas anyone???
  Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
  Mon, 3 Feb 2003 22:39:32 -0800
  ...larger battery and install it closer to the starter and the glow plugs, > which consume all the much needed juice. > > Any suggestions or tips...
• Re: Aftermarket gas tank opinions wanted
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 30 Apr 2014 19:06:35 -0700
  ...It arrived in a big box with all the holes plugged, and the vent kit, grommets, new fuel sender, etc. arrived in a second...
• Re: Hot EV still, reply
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Fri, 7 Aug 1998 03:42:10 EDT
  ...Also check the big 50 amp diesel glow plug type fuses behind the left headlight, they are silver and aren't what many people...
• Re: Instrument Cluster Ribbon Repair
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 26 Mar 2013 16:28:25 -0700
  ...there's a diesel glow plug I'll now not easily be able to use as a CEL light. On Tue, Mar 26, 2013...